1st Edition

Governing Singapore Democracy and national development

By Raj Vasil Copyright 2000
276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

Singapore has its critics, but the city-state has achieved remarkable successes as a result of the voluntary trade-off of certain political rights for economic and social progress. In Governing Singapore, Raj Vasil supports this national bargain. He argues that in Asian new states like Singapore, economic and social under-development, as well as ethnic diversity and divisions make it impossible... Read more
Preface

Introduction

Part 1 Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore

1. The People's Action Party: the national party

2. Creating a democracy that works

3. Managing national development

4. Leadership renewal and succession

Part 2 Goh Chok Tong's Singapore

5. Continuity and change

6. The parliamentary elections of 1991 and 1997

7. Continuing national development

Conclusion: national development and democracy

Endnotes

Index

Biography

DR RAJ VASIL has researched and taught the politics of Asian states for the past 45 years, and has lived in many Asian countries. Dr Vasil is currently a Program Director at the Institute of Policy Studies and a Research Associate at the School of Political Science, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.